Taking On Microsoft’s GitHub? Why OpenAI Is Buying A Startup Whose Tech Already Powers Codex

OpenAI is acquiring Pierre Computer, a small developer tools company whose code storage technology already runs inside Codex, accordign to a report.

So why buy something it’s already using? Owning Pierre means OpenAI can build its Code Storage feature straight into Codex, on its own terms. Deal value wasn’t disclosed. Pierre’s open-source projects stay open-source, Axios reported.

Microsoft’s platform has been where the world’s developers keep and collaborate on code for the better part of two decades. Lately, it has had a rough run, with a string of outages and reliability…